Who (who are the most important people in the text?)
Paige Sultzbach
Mesa Prep
Our Lady Of Sorrows (Ariz.) What (what happens in the text, what is the text about?)
A team refuses to play with another team because it has a girl as a baseman.
Where (what is the setting, or where is the action happening?)
Phoenix, (Ariz.)
When (when is this happening?)
May 2012.
Why (why is the action/problem/story happening?)
Our Lady of Sorrows baseball team forfeits to Mesa Prep because it has a girl on there team and Our Lady of Sorrows has a strict policy on teaching girls and boys separately.
What is the "Big Idea," or "Main Point" of the text?
The big idea is telling us that some schools allow girls to play on boys team, but some schools don"t allow it and, segregates girls and boys.
Are there other ideas or sub-points that we need to include?
Paige has had to sit out a few games before but because it was the state championship game she refused to sit out.
Now you have all the information you need to write a summary. Using the above information, and without simply retelling the article try and summarize it below.
The article "Our Lady of Sorrows (Ariz.) baseball team forfeits state title rather than play against team with a girl" is about a girl (Paige Sultzbach) and two teams playing for the state championship but the other team(Our Lady of Sorrow) refused to play because there was a girl on the other team(Mesa Prep). The reason the team did that was because of their religious beliefs and the way the school segregates the boys and the girls.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/lady-sorrows-ariz-baseball-team-forfeits-state-title-041333504.html
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Who (who are the most important people in the text?)
Paige Sultzbach
Mesa Prep
Our Lady Of Sorrows (Ariz.)
What (what happens in the text, what is the text about?)
A team refuses to play with another team because it has a girl as a baseman.
Where (what is the setting, or where is the action happening?)
Phoenix, (Ariz.)
When (when is this happening?)
May 2012.
Why (why is the action/problem/story happening?)
Our Lady of Sorrows baseball team forfeits to Mesa Prep because it has a girl on there team and Our Lady of Sorrows has a strict policy on teaching girls and boys separately.
What is the "Big Idea," or "Main Point" of the text?
The big idea is telling us that some schools allow girls to play on boys team, but some schools don"t allow it and, segregates girls and boys.
Are there other ideas or sub-points that we need to include?
Paige has had to sit out a few games before but because it was the state championship game she refused to sit out.
Now you have all the information you need to write a summary. Using the above information, and without simply retelling the article try and summarize it below.
The article "Our Lady of Sorrows (Ariz.) baseball team forfeits state title rather than play against team with a girl" is about a girl (Paige Sultzbach) and two teams playing for the state championship but the other team(Our Lady of Sorrow) refused to play because there was a girl on the other team(Mesa Prep). The reason the team did that was because of their religious beliefs and the way the school segregates the boys and the girls.